Student Body President

Elisa Stough

Brief Biographical Description:
Major at C.O.D.: Associates of Arts degree
How I plan to assist students at C.O.D.: I will use my leadership training and skills to give the students of College of DuPage a voice. Because I am widely involved in student activities, I know that we need a voice in decisions that affect us. As Student Body President, I will be visible on campus, active in student affairs, and your voice during board meetings.
Interesting piece of info about myself: participated in Feed My Starving Children, Trick-o-Treat for UNICEF, and made cards for the elderly at Brighton Gardens. I volunteer at my church’s nursery on Sunday.

I grew up and currently live in Wheaton. I am going to College of DuPage for my Associates of Arts Degree. I don’t know what I want to major in yet but I’m interested in Education, Foreign Services, International Business, or Sociology. When I started at COD, I wanted to get involved. I am in the Honors Program and really enjoy the challenge that the classes bring. I am a part of the Student Leadership Counsel (SLC) and attend the weekly meetings. I participate in the Service Committee of SLC, which tries to do one or more service projects a month. I am on the College Nationwide Traffic Appeals Committee that reviews the traffic appeals of the students at COD. I am a member of Phi Theta Kappa; the chapter of National Honors Society for Junior Colleges. I have attended ICCSAA, a weekend long retreat on how to be a more effective leader. I like to maintain my athletic abilities by running on the Track and Field team for COD. All these things have connected me further with College of DuPage and the students that go there.

Outside of school I work for Quidlibet, a research company where I do data and website organization. I spend a lot of hours volunteering because I feel giving back to the community is extremely important. I volunteer at my church’s nursery and have coached a soccer team there as well. I donated my time to Feed My Starving Children, a food packaging organization that provides food to starving nations. I worked with the Trick-o-Treat for UNICEF in October, which donated spare change to the UNICEF Foundation. I also love to travel and have taught English in a Spanish school in Costa Rica and spent last summer teamed up with Spanish students in an Expo in Zaragoza, Spain.

Description of Position:
The Student Body President's job is to plan in correlation with the other officers of SLC, weekly agendas and to serve as a figurehead of our organization. In addition, the Student Body President serves with the college President and the leaders of each institutional constituency group (faculty, staff, administrators) as a member of the College Leadership Council

Email: SLC President

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